She was almost given up last Wednesday when Rita tested positive for the coronavirus. Her condition deteriorated. She had breathing problems, didn’t want to eat anymore or got out of bed. The family was told to take the worst into account.

Her daughter Cindy Phillips never left the bed for a moment. She was told that Rita had only a few days to live.

“She was not doing well,” said grandson Henry Phillips in the Liverpool Echo. “My mother was devastated. She was afraid that her mother would die without being able to be there. “”